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some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do that's why there's lubriderm® daily moisture. it contains the same nutrients naturally found in healthy skin. skin absorbs it better and it lasts for 24 hours. later gator. lubriderm. your moisture matched. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. time for your first look at entertainment news. back in the '80s greed was good. today at the box office greed is just okay. the long-awaited sequel "wall street never sleeps" fell short of expectations taking in $19 million. the experts blame failure to attract a younger crowd. a whopping 65% of "wall street's" audience was over the age of 30. also this weekend, "legend of the guardians," an animated fantasy adventure, it cost
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some of us may want a few more cuts. some of us may want higher revenues. but understand that there are fact and a reality there that go beyond the political rhetoric. and we're not going to be able to solve this problem just by yelling at each other. >> let me ask you about one more specific thing the tea party argues that you're well-positioned to speak to. some in the tea party argue that the constitution has been perverted in a way that gives government license to get involved in any activity -- the commerce clause, your former constitutional law professor. what's your analysis of that? >> the truth of the matter is that the federal government is probably less intrusive now than it was 30 years ago. our tax rates are lower now than they were under ronald reagan. they're much lower than they were under dwight eisenhower. there are areas we regulate more. but everybody here probably thinks it's a good idea that we regulate the food industry so we don't get e. coli and salmonella. that requires somebody overseeing businesses, some of them may not have the
some of us may want a few more cuts. some of us may want higher revenues. but understand that there are fact and a reality there that go beyond the political rhetoric. and we're not going to be able to solve this problem just by yelling at each other. >> let me ask you about one more specific thing the tea party argues that you're well-positioned to speak to. some in the tea party argue that the constitution has been perverted in a way that gives government license to get involved in any...
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for get us and them. it's just us. we'll talk about how to do it with arne duncan and randi weingarten. and why drop a bomb when you can send an e-mail? a computer worm hits a key nuclear plant in iran. silent. but deadly. all that, plus politics with our monday megapanel. did we already have a smoking gun? they don't care. and a new ad comparing the right wing to the taliban. show starts right now. both in perception and performance, we know it and don't seem to have the political will to solve it. america's schools don't make the grade. nearly six in ten say the system needs major changes. according to our new poll, is data is overwhelming and yet, here we are. count president obama among the most concerned. here's his exclusive with matt lauer this morning. >> when we first set up the public school systems across the country, we were leaps and bounds ahead of the vast majority of countries around the world. that just is not true anymore. they have caught up and in some cases are surpassing us. >> two perfect example
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a bunt and david used a wheelchair to get to first. anything goes when you have nothing to play for. white sox won it 5-2. that's the "first look" at sports. >>> now for another quick look at the weather. bill karins. i think it's relatively unfair the way they cover baseball because there's so much coverage. i think maybe sports like figure skating should get that much air time. >> you don't have any like bias toward figure skating or anything, do you? >> nope, nope. >> you didn't do that for many years or anything? >> ten, but you know. >> that's it. we'll have to get some of that footage of your figure skating days. >>> this is a horrible morning commute. we have high wind warning for new york city. the winds are going to be very gusty today along with some of the squally rains. we have flash flood warnings in effect for areas around d.c. and a tornado watch from philadelphia southwards down along the coast. you can see the rain, the rain. the yellows where heavy rain is coming down. between philly and d.c. is the worst of it. now w
a bunt and david used a wheelchair to get to first. anything goes when you have nothing to play for. white sox won it 5-2. that's the "first look" at sports. >>> now for another quick look at the weather. bill karins. i think it's relatively unfair the way they cover baseball because there's so much coverage. i think maybe sports like figure skating should get that much air time. >> you don't have any like bias toward figure skating or anything, do you? >> nope,...
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this is mostly just a problem for us. >> all right. >> tomorrow -- tonight and tomorrow. >> sounds good. i could have taken that five-second recap at the top. >> but let you do your thing. >> i wanted my face time so -- >> flex those muscles. all right. thanks. the tampa bay rays sitting at first place in the american league east are fed up with their own fans. on monday night, less than 13,000 fans showed up to the braves-orioles game in florida, a game in which the rays could have clinched the playoff spot had they won. a look at the fans that showed up. yesterday, in an interview with the st. petersburg times, evan longoria said it's embarrassing and disheartening fans are not showing up. we go out there and play hard for 162 games and for the fans to show the kind of support they're showing right now, you kind of wonder what else you have to do as a player. longoria wasn't the only one to speak out about the lousy attention, rays' star pitcher tweeted his disgust saying had a chance to clinch a postseason spot tonight with 10,000 fans in the stands, embarrassing. he said he was tryi
this is mostly just a problem for us. >> all right. >> tomorrow -- tonight and tomorrow. >> sounds good. i could have taken that five-second recap at the top. >> but let you do your thing. >> i wanted my face time so -- >> flex those muscles. all right. thanks. the tampa bay rays sitting at first place in the american league east are fed up with their own fans. on monday night, less than 13,000 fans showed up to the braves-orioles game in florida, a game in...
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as you see on this map here, that is just south of us here in manhatt manhattan. guys, great to see you. >> great to be here. >> full disclosure, murray is a very old friend of mine. nate is a good friend of mine as well. only a good friend would get up at this hour in the rain. murray, let's start with the idea you had, god, almost a decade ago now. how did you come up with the idea for this school, and how did you start? how did you go about putting it in place? >> well, the harbor school is a maritime and environmental focus public high school. i was working after college, after vanderbilt for robert kennedy jr. at the river keeper and then afterwards at the water keeper alliance. my role is helping new water keepers start. i found all over the country people were invigorated about protecting their local waterways, patrolling their waterways. these were former commercial fishermen around the country. i fell in love with the hudson river. what i was trying to do is get people connected to their waterways and give them real career pathways in those environmental
as you see on this map here, that is just south of us here in manhatt manhattan. guys, great to see you. >> great to be here. >> full disclosure, murray is a very old friend of mine. nate is a good friend of mine as well. only a good friend would get up at this hour in the rain. murray, let's start with the idea you had, god, almost a decade ago now. how did you come up with the idea for this school, and how did you start? how did you go about putting it in place? >> well, the...
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cdc tells us 4% of the u.s. population, over 12 million people and somewhere between 10% and 40% of college students during their four years will do some form of self-harm to themselves. all those three quarter of a million people show up in emergency rooms because they have intentionally hurt themselves. in a case like this, this woman attacks her face. we spend $5 billion a year on cosmetics to feel better. there's something psychologically about this woman that she doesn't like. she doesn't like it about herself. this situation got out of control. there is a significant segment of the population that do things like this to themselves. she did it in a small way. the media caught hold of it. it became a monster and ran away from her. is she sorry she did it? i'm sure she is. she had her own reasons for doing this. it has something to do with the inner person and the value she places on herself. >> to add to the burden of dealing with this psychologically and the whys behind this, should she face responsibility
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joining us now is kerry eleveld. chief washington correspondent for "the advocate" magazine, who's been all over this story. kerry, great to see you. thanks for coming in. >> great to be here. >> what is it exactly that the obama justice department has to do tomorrow in terms of this case? what are their options? >> well, i want to, first of all, preface this by saying i'm not a lawyer and i simply cover these cases, but there's just a little bit of a difference in what you said. they don't actually have to appeal by tomorrow, but what they -- >> they have to state whether they are, right? >> what they have to do is they have to submit their proposal for an order of what to do in this case. now, the log cabin republican lawyers submitted their order last week, and their order said, what we would like to see is for you, judge phillips, to issue an injunction nationwide on this -- on enforcement of this ban, of this policy, so that it cannot be enforced by the federal government at any time, at any place. and what the
joining us now is kerry eleveld. chief washington correspondent for "the advocate" magazine, who's been all over this story. kerry, great to see you. thanks for coming in. >> great to be here. >> what is it exactly that the obama justice department has to do tomorrow in terms of this case? what are their options? >> well, i want to, first of all, preface this by saying i'm not a lawyer and i simply cover these cases, but there's just a little bit of a difference in...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer i but i justve my 5 employcan't afford it.ance, i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health insurance. the minute i got sick, i lost my insurance. not anymore. not anymore. not anymore. america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. >>> the republican party tomorrow is putting out its agenda. at long last, for this year's elections, they let advance copies of it leak tonight, and it turns out that what their candidates say they are running on this year is not at all what the party officially says it is running on. it's a whole new republican party. again. this is getting exhausting. sovereign of the security line. y
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i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. smooth me an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, september 23rd. a lot going on including the mellow white house response to the revelations in bob woodward's books, those revelations we told you about yesterday. >>> plus the only thing better than the man wearing a red spandex body suit is the guy who got picked up by jail by his parents still wearing the red spandex body suit. the greatest perp walk of all time. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we begin with a big development in the fight to reform the nation's public schools. "the new york times" reporting this morning that facebook founder and chief executive mark zuckerberg will donate $100 million to the troubled public school system in newark, new jersey. according to "the times" he will announce the gift on "the oprah winfr
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some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do >>> we are following breaking news for you here. an aviation source told nbc news president carter was on a delta flight and when it landed he was taken to the hospital. according to the website, the president was scheduled to be at a book signing event for his new book, white house diary that was supposed to be in ohio outside of cleveland. it was going to be at the joseph beth book sellers. we are hearing from a source telling us now the president was on this delta flight and when it landed he was taken by secret service hospital. the details are sketchy at this point about what might be behind a visit to the hospital visit for the former president. he has been in the news because of the
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what is behind us is the problem. it looks so nice and inviting but in the water you have a problem lurking. that's the rip currents. something you can't see, runs parallel to the coast line in the surf line. when you get in that water you feel the tug and we hear about it hundreds and hundreds of times. there we see a hurricane anywhere near the coast line, rescues taking place and of course dangerous swimming conditions. as for today we're talking about dozens of surfers in the water. they were here before the sun was here earlier on this morning and they're taking advantage of 5 to 8, at times 9-foot waves. high tide was three hours ago and they are enjoying themselves for the moment but they are wary. they said early on they were feeling a tug yesterday in the water and expect worse conditions today. you have to think of igor as a massive storm even though it's down to a category you one. it was a category four and that was the damage done, all that energy coming out from the center of igor reaching the shore line
what is behind us is the problem. it looks so nice and inviting but in the water you have a problem lurking. that's the rip currents. something you can't see, runs parallel to the coast line in the surf line. when you get in that water you feel the tug and we hear about it hundreds and hundreds of times. there we see a hurricane anywhere near the coast line, rescues taking place and of course dangerous swimming conditions. as for today we're talking about dozens of surfers in the water. they...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we could find out within the next few hours whether or not a political heavyweight plans to bow out. lisa murkowski is expected to announce later today whether she's going to run a candidacy she lost the primary last month to joe miller. the tea party spent more than half a million dollars to support miller in the primary. conservative activists are out in force now at the annual value voters summit in the nation's capitol. already today they heard from some of the republican party's biggest names who have taken aim at the democrats. >> i think it will be a great time to convene the death panels and finally offer a lethal injection to the kind of congressional arrogance that we have had over us for so long. >> i guess it's the nancy pelosi, harry reid farewell party. it's been a tough year for those. the num
call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we could find out within the next few hours whether or not a political heavyweight plans to bow out. lisa murkowski is expected to announce later today whether she's going to run a candidacy she lost the primary last month to joe miller. the tea party spent more than half a million dollars to...
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i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail, waytooearl early@msnbc.com. you can do what oprah and gail do, text your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. i know you're watching, gail. the next few minutes will be the cram session for tuesday, september 14. a lot going on, including new surveillance video of the explosion that leveled an entire neighborhood outside of san francisco last week. plus -- with absolutely no chance to win whatsoever, nancy pelosi's republican opponent goes for shock value, comparing the speaker of the house to the wicked witch of the west. we'll show you the ad in a few minutes. but first, get to the news here live in new york city. voters in seven states and the district of columbia head to the polls to finalize ballots for the november elections. across the country, a theme is playing out where the tea party is hoping to cash in on the anger against the establishment in general. in the delaware republican primary, a new survey shows tea party favor
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what is the gop have up its sleeve for us? we'll look into it. >>> big story "the new york times" says facebook founder mark zuckerberg prepared to donate $100 million to help public schools in newark, new jersey. the question is what role does oprah have to play in this deal? >>> joaquin phoenix makes his return to david letterman with much less facial hair. how did he explain his legendary appearance with dave last year. it's "way too early" for this. good morning,
what is the gop have up its sleeve for us? we'll look into it. >>> big story "the new york times" says facebook founder mark zuckerberg prepared to donate $100 million to help public schools in newark, new jersey. the question is what role does oprah have to play in this deal? >>> joaquin phoenix makes his return to david letterman with much less facial hair. how did he explain his legendary appearance with dave last year. it's "way too early" for this....
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this money that you are getting from the federal government, explain to us how you are going to use it, how much of it is going to go directly to schools and what is it used for that parents will see pretty quickly? >> good. we are going to use it for really three main areas. first of all, professional development and mace basically all of that money into schools and fix failing schools and third of all to work on the stem discipline. science, technology, engineering math. but i hope that most of the money ends up really in the classroom. it is not something to be wasted on administrative efforts. >> governor, let me ask you. one thing that people have been talking about is teachers' unions. i wonder, just to put it to you bluntly, are teachers' unions an obstacle? >> in delaware they were a partner. i don't think we would have got here without them. part of the advantage is this application we put together not just done for race to the top. it was part of a package started many, many months before race to the top came to the fore. we had teachers at the table, including leadership of
this money that you are getting from the federal government, explain to us how you are going to use it, how much of it is going to go directly to schools and what is it used for that parents will see pretty quickly? >> good. we are going to use it for really three main areas. first of all, professional development and mace basically all of that money into schools and fix failing schools and third of all to work on the stem discipline. science, technology, engineering math. but i hope that...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> there is no business in america that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions. that's exactly unfortunately what happens in our school systems across the country. it's wrong and must stop. in new york city, i promise you it will stop. >> that was new york city mayor, mike bloomberg, of course on monday, announcing the city's new program to try and reform and revamp tenure. joe klein is the chancellor of the new york public schools and is the man behind this. joel, how are you going to make it happen? >> by doing serious ae valuations of the teachers. for far too long the teachers moved through the system year from year, and nobody looked to see if they were doing the job and getting results for kids and moving forward. we will transform teaching into a true professi
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, putting us on that path. raising fuel efficiency standards for the first time in 28 years, and a whole host of other things, you know, those are things that we ought to embrace, we ought to celebrate. and now we have to protect because the republican party wants to roll back all of that, and go back to the very same policies that punished the middle class, exploded the deficits and plunged our economy into the catastrophe that we faced when we walked into office. so we have a fight on our hands right now, and we need all hands on deck in that fight. that's the point the president's making, that's the point that the vice president made the other night on your show. and by the way, anyone who thinks that it didn't take a struggle to do some of these things wasn't paying attention, obviously health care was an epic battle. i don't think there's been a legislative battle like it in our generation. financial reform was an epic battle. the capitol was awash with lobbyists from wall street and it was an extraordinar
, putting us on that path. raising fuel efficiency standards for the first time in 28 years, and a whole host of other things, you know, those are things that we ought to embrace, we ought to celebrate. and now we have to protect because the republican party wants to roll back all of that, and go back to the very same policies that punished the middle class, exploded the deficits and plunged our economy into the catastrophe that we faced when we walked into office. so we have a fight on our...
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kelly o'donnell is in washington and joins us me to talk about that. maybe this is interesting to point out. it was 1999. she was on the show with bill maher where outlandish things are picked up, and they're looking for ratings, is this going to stick to her campaign? >> we'll see. what she's trying to do is again use humor to dismiss it, to say this is about -- she was talking about something back in her high school days. she was a part of a comedy show, she was a frequent guests on many kinds of television and comedy and news shows as a part of her job advocating for socially conservative issues. now flash forward to 2010. she's saying this is about delaware and the voters there and she's going to focus on issues. so part of her argument is that she says she never intended to be a politician, which is very appealing in the tea party movement because she would have never said all the things getting so much scrutiny now had she had the senate in her plan. tonight she'll appear at a forum with other candidates. her democratic opponent will not be there
kelly o'donnell is in washington and joins us me to talk about that. maybe this is interesting to point out. it was 1999. she was on the show with bill maher where outlandish things are picked up, and they're looking for ratings, is this going to stick to her campaign? >> we'll see. what she's trying to do is again use humor to dismiss it, to say this is about -- she was talking about something back in her high school days. she was a part of a comedy show, she was a frequent guests on...
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what can you tell us about that? >> well, chuck, this one individual, ahmed siddiqui, a german, who has been held now for some time and who has been talking a lot and has given one stream of threat reporting, talking about a mumbai-style of attack. but that's not the only stream of threat reporting that concerns official. there are other potential threats emanating from south africa, particularly targeting france, which is of concern. it's a combination of human intelligence, these interrogations, and other forms of intel that they're gathering. but it paints a very compelling picture of a very serious threat right now. what we don't know is the timeline. how close it is to execution and whether or not all the u.s. activities inside pakistan, particularly the predator attacks, have had an impact on the operational planning. >> yeah, exactly. roger cressey, thanks for your report this morning. appreciate it. >>> it's interesting, american intelligence officials are being very leery of being able to say, we're safe ove
what can you tell us about that? >> well, chuck, this one individual, ahmed siddiqui, a german, who has been held now for some time and who has been talking a lot and has given one stream of threat reporting, talking about a mumbai-style of attack. but that's not the only stream of threat reporting that concerns official. there are other potential threats emanating from south africa, particularly targeting france, which is of concern. it's a combination of human intelligence, these...
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want to set it up for us? >> she is going to appear at a rally at a university in maine, and it's about don't ask, don't tell, the policy that would restrict gays from openly serving in the military. there is a bill expected to move legislature forward that would repeal that law. it is being led by john mccain, the republican senator of arizona, so why maine? maine has two republican senators that are often a target of democrats to try to move them on votes that could be critical. so lady gaga says she will appear in maine as a way to encourage olympia snow and susan collins to vote with democrats to break the filibuster. >> i guess she gave up on mccain in arizona as a lost cause ask decided to focus on maine. appreciate that. >>> paris hilton gets off with a plea deal from her drug possession case last month in las vegas. hilton will serve a year of unsupervised probation and complete a drug abuse program. >>> and in case you missed it in the weekend coverage, lindsay lohan's fate is far less certain. she ad
want to set it up for us? >> she is going to appear at a rally at a university in maine, and it's about don't ask, don't tell, the policy that would restrict gays from openly serving in the military. there is a bill expected to move legislature forward that would repeal that law. it is being led by john mccain, the republican senator of arizona, so why maine? maine has two republican senators that are often a target of democrats to try to move them on votes that could be critical. so lady...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> following a developing story now. live shots of pope benedict. he has just met and greeted former prime minister tony blair. we saw gordon blair there as well and now speaking with margaret thatcher. so, again, this is the pope's big visit to great britain on day when several men were arrested for an alleged plot against the pontiff. however, nothing -- the pontiff, we're told, was never in any danger. >>> a big test for afghanistan tomorrow. it will try to hold a legitimate election in the wake of last year's disastrous president's vote. one major issue, security. police set up extra checkpoints aimed at prevent be suicide bombers from disrupting the election. a taliban threatened to carry out threats against the voters in elections across the country. we go to john yang in kabul. john? >> reporter: good ev
call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> following a developing story now. live shots of pope benedict. he has just met and greeted former prime minister tony blair. we saw gordon blair there as well and now speaking with margaret thatcher. so, again, this is the pope's big visit to great britain on day when several men were arrested...
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and that's not going to come from us, quite frankly. and it's probably not going to come from anybody other than, let's say, russia, who has a great deal of influence inside iran because russia, because they've got very strong economic ties. >> how about the united nations? could that serve an influns? because to me, you see ahmadinejad taking the stage there and seeing how the government was behind the 911 attacks. we have diplomats all over the place saying we're not going to listen to this and they leave. >> nobody takes it seriously either. no, no, it's going to take an awful lot of pressure on iran. we are hoping that the moderates are going to revolt. the moderates do not revolt. that's who's in control of it now and if we're going to wait until the moderate people try to take control of iran and for these people to get freed from jail will be waiting a long time. >>> changing faces, changes places. president obama will soon have to find some new advisors, will that mean a change in direction for the president? ♪ ...and trust...
and that's not going to come from us, quite frankly. and it's probably not going to come from anybody other than, let's say, russia, who has a great deal of influence inside iran because russia, because they've got very strong economic ties. >> how about the united nations? could that serve an influns? because to me, you see ahmadinejad taking the stage there and seeing how the government was behind the 911 attacks. we have diplomats all over the place saying we're not going to listen to...
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not many cloud also effect us this week. it will be a tranquil week. d.c. today, 79. new york at 76. typical of what you would expect mid to late september. very much feeling like fall. even into, as we go throughout this week, it will be nice. tuesday to wednesday and every single day is going to be pretty much dry out there. let's show you the forecast as we go throughout the country, looking very nice out there today and tomorrow in the southeast. it's going to be warm the next couple of days. temperatures in texas, especially north texas, in the 90s. same with areas like denver. down to the southeast we are also going to be very, very warm. not a lot changes. the only problem area is the west coast. anyone doing traveling, especially the pacific northwest, seattle, portland, that's where we will deal with shower activity and wet weather. lynn, as i mentioned, it's nice. always news for you. always something for you to talk about. every now and then i get these quiet periods. >> we try and set that up for you. when you are working so hard, we just give bill a break
not many cloud also effect us this week. it will be a tranquil week. d.c. today, 79. new york at 76. typical of what you would expect mid to late september. very much feeling like fall. even into, as we go throughout this week, it will be nice. tuesday to wednesday and every single day is going to be pretty much dry out there. let's show you the forecast as we go throughout the country, looking very nice out there today and tomorrow in the southeast. it's going to be warm the next couple of...
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i think he'll keep us guessing. i don't think he's totally ruled out the possibility of at least thinking for running for president. my guess is he'll think about it again in 2012, and because of his money, and his profile, successful mayor of new york city, it's something we do have to keep an eye on. >> and somebody who says what he wants to say and doesn't mind what the political damage may be. >> we've seen this succeed in a lot of places. the more you can seem like you actually mean what you say, you're not just saying it for political reasons. that's why joe sestak won the primary to go back to pennsylvania. he appeared to be the more authentic democrat. arlen specter switched parties in the spring of 2009. he won in large part because he appeared to be more genuine. more in line with your average voter. clearly someone to keep an eye on. >> someone who is genuine and doesn't have to fake it. >> thanks so much, chris cillizza. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow on the show, ch
i think he'll keep us guessing. i don't think he's totally ruled out the possibility of at least thinking for running for president. my guess is he'll think about it again in 2012, and because of his money, and his profile, successful mayor of new york city, it's something we do have to keep an eye on. >> and somebody who says what he wants to say and doesn't mind what the political damage may be. >> we've seen this succeed in a lot of places. the more you can seem like you actually...
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trust us. this race has been more negative, savannah, than any other major statewide general election in the country. part of the problem, for folks that live in albuquerque, it's a cheap tv market. so a lot of outside groups can spend a lot of money. the cheaper the tv market, the more ads that can show up in there. there have been a ton of them. easyly, maybe the nastiest race in the country. >> it has some competition. it's amazing to see some of these ads. you see why people get so disspirited. all that nastiness on the air waves. >> they work. >> they work. guess what. they're not going to be stopping. we've got five more weeks until the election. >>> coming up, where it was so hot yesterday it didn't just shatter the record. it broke the thermometer. >>> plus, no more tax forms? is it too good to be true? yes. find out how uncle sam is changing how americans pay the tax man. >>> and heartbreak for an american dad fighting to bring his boys back to the united states. we'll tell you what ju
trust us. this race has been more negative, savannah, than any other major statewide general election in the country. part of the problem, for folks that live in albuquerque, it's a cheap tv market. so a lot of outside groups can spend a lot of money. the cheaper the tv market, the more ads that can show up in there. there have been a ton of them. easyly, maybe the nastiest race in the country. >> it has some competition. it's amazing to see some of these ads. you see why people get so...
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used to use. old textbooks. is that what's behind this? are they looking backward right now? >> yes. they looked at three old history textbooks that were used in texas classrooms from 1999 to 2002. but some of the board members also went back and looked at current textbooks and said they suspect that some of the same problems are in the current books. >> okay. well, anyway, suspecting that which is current, there is one example given by the resolution that reads in one stance, devoting 120 student text lines to christian beliefs, practices and holy writings but 248, more than twice as many, to those are islam. will this be enacted in the future by literally counting words? is that what this is going to come to? >> it's hard to say. this isn't a legally binding resolution. it's basicallily just a strong warning to textbook companies from one of their largest markets. whether they are going to nitpick line by line, that seems difficult to do. we'll have to wait and see. >> real quickly, texes say huge market. does this mean because of the power they have and the sheer volume of
used to use. old textbooks. is that what's behind this? are they looking backward right now? >> yes. they looked at three old history textbooks that were used in texas classrooms from 1999 to 2002. but some of the board members also went back and looked at current textbooks and said they suspect that some of the same problems are in the current books. >> okay. well, anyway, suspecting that which is current, there is one example given by the resolution that reads in one stance,...
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it may take some renegades going rogue to get us there. it may take folks shaking us up, shaking it up to get there. >> so will the emerging split help democrats this fall? we'll bring in christina belatony. good morning to you, christina. >> good morning, alex. >> what do you make of all that? the republicans are facing a real challenge from the conservative base? >> sure, that has definitely happened. you have seen that play out all summer long. of course, democrats like any split. democrats have plenty of their own splits, but sarah palin is a unique figure in this because she's endorsed very mainstream candidates from senator john mccain against a tea party favorite conservative candidate in j.d. hayworth. then kelly who won in new hampshire. she was the preferred choice there, but the going rogue candidate christina o'donnell has rosen onto the national stage, she's very conservative and democrats think they have a real chance to keep this seat in delaware now because she's far more conservative than the establishment moderate candida
it may take some renegades going rogue to get us there. it may take folks shaking us up, shaking it up to get there. >> so will the emerging split help democrats this fall? we'll bring in christina belatony. good morning to you, christina. >> good morning, alex. >> what do you make of all that? the republicans are facing a real challenge from the conservative base? >> sure, that has definitely happened. you have seen that play out all summer long. of course, democrats...
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republicans want to go this way, they got us into this hole and stop the digging, get us out of that. >> you still think they should talk about health care when one of the reasons democrats are in trouble is americans believe they were obsessing over health care and they should have been obsessing over creating jobs. >> they should always obsess over creating jobs, green energies, new technology and one thing is the big apollo, allowing south korea and china to get ahead of us. we're getting lapped on new technologies for green. we voted, a signature issue. you have to defend what you day and tell people where you want to go in the future. republicans want to repeal everything democrats have done. this is a choice in this election. stand up for what you've done and fight for it and tell them what you're going to do going forward. this woman wants answers. >> this is barack obama talking about the end of the recession. >> even though economists may say the recession officially ended last year, obviously for the millions of people still out of work, people who have seen their home value
republicans want to go this way, they got us into this hole and stop the digging, get us out of that. >> you still think they should talk about health care when one of the reasons democrats are in trouble is americans believe they were obsessing over health care and they should have been obsessing over creating jobs. >> they should always obsess over creating jobs, green energies, new technology and one thing is the big apollo, allowing south korea and china to get ahead of us....
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peter alexander joins us live from queens, new york. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. it's going to be up to the national weather service to make the official determination today if a tornado hit in new york city. if it did happen, it would be the second one in three months. but before that it had been three years. let's give you a sense of what some of the damage this morning looks like. ronnie, if you push the camera in, this is the top floor of a three-story apartment building that was really just knocked by these powerful winds in queens yesterday. you can see where the roof was literally peeled off, like the top of a sardine can. a short time ago i spoke to julio, one of 24 people that was forced to relocate from this building after the fact. he told me that he was in that apartment with both his wife, who is seven months pregnant, and her mother. that he was knocked bia table. he was has a big scar on the front of his head where he was hit. fortunately the only injuries throughout this area, with th
peter alexander joins us live from queens, new york. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. it's going to be up to the national weather service to make the official determination today if a tornado hit in new york city. if it did happen, it would be the second one in three months. but before that it had been three years. let's give you a sense of what some of the damage this morning looks like. ronnie, if you push the camera in, this is the top floor of a...
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here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] >>> right now on msnbc sunday, the pastor of a georgia mega church is expected to address his congregation this hour. we've got a live report coming up. >>> back to court, the american student known as foxy knoxy faces another trial this week in italy and we're going to tell you why. >>> yard sales, the woman known as octomom tries selling her stuff to avoid foreclosure. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt. this morning, the influential pastor at the center of a sexual scandal will address the allegations against him this morning. four men now say bishop eddie young lurd them into sexual relationships when they were teens. bishop long has denied all of the allegations. i'm joined now live by the reverend eugene rivers, pastor of the izuzu christian community and a msnbc political analyst. how are you doing? >> i'm well, alex thank you. and you? >> i'm well, thank you. first of all, your reaction to what's happening there in georgia?
here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] >>> right now on msnbc sunday, the pastor of a georgia mega church is expected to address his congregation this hour. we've got a live report coming up. >>> back to court, the american student known as foxy knoxy faces another trial this week in italy and we're going to tell you why. >>> yard sales, the woman known as octomom tries selling her stuff to avoid foreclosure....
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it's now what i found, alex, it's affecting all of us. middle class schools were not giving kids the skills to have jobs in this new economy. >> i want to pick up about a very disturbing statistic that the film shares, davis. and you'll see know it's about the state of education in this country. let's talk about illinois where you report 1 in 57 doctors lose their medical licenses. >> right. >> 1 in 97 attorneys lose their law licenses. however, 1 in 2,500 have ever lost their credentials. it's accountability for teachers that are you saying it hasn't been there at this point? >> one of the things i did with this movie is i said i want to make this from the point of view of kids and parents. and from there point of view, they don't care about the debate versus charters versus district. they just want a great teacher. like you with your kids and me and my kid. they just want a great teacher. we're not doing enough to find -- keep -- inspire the best, keep the best, reward the best. but also the ones that aren't working, it's really tough b
it's now what i found, alex, it's affecting all of us. middle class schools were not giving kids the skills to have jobs in this new economy. >> i want to pick up about a very disturbing statistic that the film shares, davis. and you'll see know it's about the state of education in this country. let's talk about illinois where you report 1 in 57 doctors lose their medical licenses. >> right. >> 1 in 97 attorneys lose their law licenses. however, 1 in 2,500 have ever lost their...
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joining us now. >> misplaced confidence. >>> blair taylor is with us. one of the things that urban league is involved with and something we haven't talked about as much during this conversation is parental involvement. >> right. >> and how important that is and howdy that can be in certain areas, especially urban areas. >> very much of a challenge, but critical. we have to start looking at education solutions from the bottom up versus the top down which means involving the community, involving parents, making sure teachers and students are involved in the solutions that we design. so traditionally what we've had is top-down management from a school district that would either at a local level, local school district or citywide school district that would be naming the mandates, outlining what curriculum is, planning for budget. what we're seeing now that is most effective is when you turn some of that back over to the school and let them make local decisions on curriculum or budget expenditures involving the students and teachers, you get a much better de
joining us now. >> misplaced confidence. >>> blair taylor is with us. one of the things that urban league is involved with and something we haven't talked about as much during this conversation is parental involvement. >> right. >> and how important that is and howdy that can be in certain areas, especially urban areas. >> very much of a challenge, but critical. we have to start looking at education solutions from the bottom up versus the top down which means...
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we used to rank at the top. we are now 21st in science, 25th in math. >> that interview part of a weeklong nbc news event "education nation" an in-depth look at state of our children's schools. joining me now is political analyst richard wolffe, also the author of "renegade, the making of a president." how much faith does the white house have that they can get young people to the polls? >> reporter: well, what they want to do is obviously re-create the coalition that took the president over the top in 2008 and those are the people who traditionally don't vote in midterms. they feel they have something to talk about with them, whether it's about education in general or specifics about the health care bill. one of the first provisions to kick in young students in wisconsin and elsewhere can stay on family health care policy right now. so that is a change which dauz peel to young voters but it's tough getting people out in the midterms. >> to your point of getting them to the midterms, take a look at this poll we'v
we used to rank at the top. we are now 21st in science, 25th in math. >> that interview part of a weeklong nbc news event "education nation" an in-depth look at state of our children's schools. joining me now is political analyst richard wolffe, also the author of "renegade, the making of a president." how much faith does the white house have that they can get young people to the polls? >> reporter: well, what they want to do is obviously re-create the coalition...
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give us time to see -- >> reagan used to say stay the course. he only lost 26 seats by saying stay the course, hang with me. >> people thought it would be much, much worse. clinton says obama needs to acknowledge people's anger, including many people's disappointment in him. not run away from it. run into it. he said he was happy the other day on cnbc when president obama got confronted by that woman who said she's getting tired of defending him. she said o bobama needs to hear that. >> all that is about empathy. bill clinton was the empathizer in chief, barack obama, even with the question, he gave kind of a long answer. he's not the glad hander, hugging the women, kissing the babies. that's just not who he is. i don't know if bill clinton's be more emp thetic, it's not barack obama and i wonder if it wouldn't look a little inauthentic if he tried it. >> here's what we said to you, john. he all of this is hard stuff given the realities. we have a 9.6 employment rate. it seems as long as that's hanging up there, the rest of this is trying to cut
give us time to see -- >> reagan used to say stay the course. he only lost 26 seats by saying stay the course, hang with me. >> people thought it would be much, much worse. clinton says obama needs to acknowledge people's anger, including many people's disappointment in him. not run away from it. run into it. he said he was happy the other day on cnbc when president obama got confronted by that woman who said she's getting tired of defending him. she said o bobama needs to hear...
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, people say things to us, do things to us, and we don't process it and we don't get help. so we're traumatized. and hurting people hurt people. so the notion that any young person would be violated in that way. not saying that he did, because he's denying it at this point in time. but i think that that's an important issue to address. >> that i think is very important. but he did not do so. do you think that by doing so perhaps his lawyers are saying to him don't go anywhere near this? which he did not in that news conference. you're right. he talked about the things which he's accomplished in the big community scale. >> yes. >> but he didn't address this. >> right. and that to me is a little disturbing because we know, for instance, 1 in 6 boys are molested. and so it's a harder conversation. not less than when girls are molested, but it's a harder conversation for a male child to talk about being violated. so that's what i would like to hear. because of my work with youth, mentoring young people through the stay strong foundation, i care about how they're doing. i think
, people say things to us, do things to us, and we don't process it and we don't get help. so we're traumatized. and hurting people hurt people. so the notion that any young person would be violated in that way. not saying that he did, because he's denying it at this point in time. but i think that that's an important issue to address. >> that i think is very important. but he did not do so. do you think that by doing so perhaps his lawyers are saying to him don't go anywhere near this?...
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thanks for being with us. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the great republican small business scam. small business is a brand name. the shocking truth about which businesses are called small businesses and why. the "chicago tribune," a "small business." bechtel, small business. a "countdown" special report, small in name only. with pulitzer prize-winning journalist david k. johnson and chris hayes. >>> and the story of the route to the truth. via lawsuits and this rare slip of honesty. >> when you start to look at who's going to be taxed, about half of all small business income will be taxed under the president's proposal. >> old man yells at cloud. john mccain loses it when confronted by the fact that the military has investigated gay personnel, despite the supposed protections of don't ask, don't tell. >> i know the military very well. and i know what's being done. and what is being done is that they are not seeking out people
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pass-through business types commonly used by small businesses." they call them pass-through companies because they file no taxes, passing through profits to the owners who report them on their individual tax returns instead. in short, they are considered small, not because they have a small payroll, but because they have a small number of owners. it's not the income that's small, it's not the number of employees that's small, it's just the total number of owners that's small. in the case of "s" corps, up to 100 owners. >> my colleagues and i -- >> when politicians talk about small businesses, they are including any company that pays taxes as a pass-through. house democrats last week identified three limited partnerships that file as pass-throughs. a pipeline company called enterprise, the wall street firm, kohlberg, kravitz, and roberts, and the accounting firm pricewaterhousecoopers. the koch brothers own website lists partnership after partnership after partnership that make up a small business empire of 70,000 employees. according to the "washi
pass-through business types commonly used by small businesses." they call them pass-through companies because they file no taxes, passing through profits to the owners who report them on their individual tax returns instead. in short, they are considered small, not because they have a small payroll, but because they have a small number of owners. it's not the income that's small, it's not the number of employees that's small, it's just the total number of owners that's small. in the case...
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colin powell will be with us, and alma powell will be with us at the 8:00 hour. >> general powell and his wife, alma. >> part of education nation. they will talk about something specifically near and dear to their hearts an organization they have been working on for years and a goal in life to make a difference. what's so funny? >> it's been a great week. i'm happy. glad to see you happy. willie. >> no, it hasn't, actually. broadcasting has been great. >> i'm playing this game under protest until i get a new chair. >> also, we have dockmentarian and baseball historian, ken burns on the show tonight. >> did you see that? it's fabulous. >> i will do the news and pretend you all aren't here. >> let's go to the news. >> why would you say that? >> that's awful. >> what have we done? >> you want me to tell everyone what you said before the show started? >> please. >> i don't think you do. i think you just need to be quiet. >> you're making the little one nervous. >> for the first time since the publication of bob woodward's new book, "obama wars," biden speaking out about his clashes on afg
colin powell will be with us, and alma powell will be with us at the 8:00 hour. >> general powell and his wife, alma. >> part of education nation. they will talk about something specifically near and dear to their hearts an organization they have been working on for years and a goal in life to make a difference. what's so funny? >> it's been a great week. i'm happy. glad to see you happy. willie. >> no, it hasn't, actually. broadcasting has been great. >> i'm...
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john harwood joins us now. we have reported this is something in the works for months, so not a surprise inside the west wing but perhaps the timing of the announcement. who might the president pick to replace larry summers? >> boy, that's a mystery, savannah. they have thought about this for some time. when i've run various names in the rumor mill by senior white house officials like mulkey, the former ser ox executive, we'll see what happens there. this is the timing of which was influenced by the president's remarks at the town hall the other day when i asked about whether geithner would be staying. i'm told that summers didn't want the speculation to stay in there. he had planned to do this for some time. i don't think it represents a change in policy. i think the administration remains comfortable with the track we're on and larry summers remains in tune with president obama, but it does give them a chance to refresh, bring in new blood and address the criticism they've faced about not having practical bus
john harwood joins us now. we have reported this is something in the works for months, so not a surprise inside the west wing but perhaps the timing of the announcement. who might the president pick to replace larry summers? >> boy, that's a mystery, savannah. they have thought about this for some time. when i've run various names in the rumor mill by senior white house officials like mulkey, the former ser ox executive, we'll see what happens there. this is the timing of which was...
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one was tell us about your faith. the other was will you eat one of my husband's red hot chilli peppers. >> i think he's been trying to do what we've been talking about which is connect and on different levels where there are questions, he's going there. that connection with the woman on the economy the other day, still sort of reverberates today because it was a seminal moment for this president and this country in terms of how people feel. he's putting himself out there. i commend him for it. i think it's hard for him. >> i think it's very hard for him. you can tell with him answering that question. >> i read the "times" story. as a guy who grew up in a southern baptist church. my parents took me there in the morning. they made me go to training union at night even when the super bowl was on. we were there wednesday night. we were there friday night. i grew up in an evangelical culture. i see you smirking wondering what happened to me. so i look through that statement, and when he says things like, jesus died for my
one was tell us about your faith. the other was will you eat one of my husband's red hot chilli peppers. >> i think he's been trying to do what we've been talking about which is connect and on different levels where there are questions, he's going there. that connection with the woman on the economy the other day, still sort of reverberates today because it was a seminal moment for this president and this country in terms of how people feel. he's putting himself out there. i commend him...
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our starbucks this morning and none of us knew him. it just shows that, again, in new york -- we talked about the paladino race, there's a lot of andy incumbent, andy obama, andy democratic feeling. even in places like new york where you think democrats would be safe, it is going to be a challenge. she's not very well defined. and a stronger person in the race against her could really -- >> why don't we just go through the "morning joe" list of potential candidates. >> they've all sat in that chair. >> they sat in that chair. if harold ford had stayed in the race, he would have walked away with it. if dan seen know. >> i think he would have been a strong candidate. >> i call him mr. senator right now. >> the whole delicate issue of when you run and make that judgment. >> a fine balance. >> such a squeaker in politics. >> of course, mort zuckerman as well. >> let's look at colorado. the times/cnn poll shows that incumbent michael bennett trails republican ken buck by a five-point margin, 49% to 44%. >> here, of course, we heard buck was
our starbucks this morning and none of us knew him. it just shows that, again, in new york -- we talked about the paladino race, there's a lot of andy incumbent, andy obama, andy democratic feeling. even in places like new york where you think democrats would be safe, it is going to be a challenge. she's not very well defined. and a stronger person in the race against her could really -- >> why don't we just go through the "morning joe" list of potential candidates. >>...